Getting There
Flights leave the airport (Dandong Jichang), 13km (8 miles) west of town, for Shanghai (Tues and Sat) and Shenzhen (Tues and Sat). Purchase tickets at the CAAC ticket office (Minhang Shoupiao Chu; tel. 0415/221-7999; open Mon-Sat 8-11:30am and 1-4:30pm) at Jinshan Dajie 50 (intersection with San Wei Lu). The airport shuttle (30 min.; ¥5/65¢/35p) leaves from the CAAC office 2 hours before each flight. By taxi, it's a 20-minute ride for ¥40 ($5.20/£2.60).
Dandong's railway station is on Shi (10) Wei Lu, on the western edge of town. Trains go to Beijing (6:31pm; 14 hr.; ¥263/$34/£17), Shenyang (three daily; 3 1/2 hr.; ¥24/$3.10/£1.55), Dalian (8:36pm; 11 hr.; ¥110/$14/£7.15), and Changchun (6:47am; 9 3/4 hr.; ¥89/$12/£5.80). International trains go to Pyongyang (¥180/$23/£12) and Moscow (¥3,000/$390/£195); tickets for these are available in the CITS foreign office (tel. 0415/213-2237; open Mon-Fri 8:30-11am and 1:30-5pm). The office is located in the double-spired Shuangxing Dasha across from the station.
The long-distance bus station (tel. 0415/213-4571) is across the street from the railway station, at the corner of Shi Wei Lu and Gong'an Jie, with coaches to Shenyang (2 1/2 hr.; ¥64/$8.30/£4.15) and Tonghua (¥52/$6.75/£3.40), and Dalian express buses (Dalian Kuai Ke) (7:35am, 8:30am, 12:30pm, and 1:50pm; 4 hr.; ¥85/$11/£5.50).
Visitor Information
For tourist complaints, call tel. 0415/314-7937.
Getting Around
Most of Dandong lies north of a V formed by the Yalu Jiang and the train tracks. Shi Wei Lu follows the tracks to the Yalu Jiang Gongyuan, facing North Korea. Taxis are ¥6 (80¢/40p) in town.
